different between lawman vs lawmen

English

Etymology

From Middle English laweman, la?aman (as a man's name, La?amon, Layamon), from Old English lahmann, from Old Norse l?gmaðr. In present use as a law-enforcement officer, law +? -man.

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l??mæn/, /?l??m?n/
• (US) enPR: lôm?n, lôm?n, IPA^(key): /?l?mæn/, /?l?m?n/
• Rhymes: -??m?n

Noun

lawman (plural lawmen)

1. (law, historical) A lawspeaker: a declarer of the law.
2. (law, historical) One of 12 magistrates in certain Danish boroughs of England empowered with soc and sac over their own households.
3. (law, Orkney and Shetland) The presiding justice of the supreme court.
4. (rare) A man of the law: a lawyer.
5. (informal) An officer of the law: a law-enforcement officer.

Synonyms

• (speaker of the law): lawspeaker
• (medieval Dano-English magistrates): lageman, lagman
• (Orcadian & Shetlandic chief justice): lawman-general, lagman
• (law-enforcement officer): See Thesaurus:police officer

Translations

References

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Noun

lawman

1. crazy person

English

Noun

lawmen

1. plural of lawman

Anagrams

• Welman